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borrow checker? (lemmy.world)

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[–] YaBoyMax@programming.dev 26 points 2 days ago

On the contrary, the borrow checker is basically the first thing you learn about when writing in Rust as it's the primary "gimmick" of the language. Anyone writing a non-trivial program should have at least heard the term before, even if they don't fully understand how it works.